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attenua* Patented Feb. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ,JULIUS GLUCK, F PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO OHMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK PRINTING TAXIMETER CONSTRUCTION Application led July 3, 1924. Serial No. 724,144.

This invention relates to taXimeters for use on public cabs 0r other vehicles and has particular reference to a meter of the ticketprinting and issuing type.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a novel meter construction wherein all of the functions of meter control and printing are performed by successive cycles of a single master crank whilethe flag of the meter is locked against manual manipulation but propelled by the master crank to thereby constitute merely a signal for indicating the state of the meter. Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a construction wherein a single master device controls all operations of the registering and printing instrumentalities of the device as distinguished from printing taximeters which use both a so-called manually operated printing 1 crank in conjunction with a manually operated flag to respectively control the printing and meter sections of the device.

Another object of the invention is to provide a printing taXimeter wherein the ticket j is automatically sheared or cut oil" and delivered to the passenger thereby providing a neat and practical ticket which does not become torn or twisted in its removal from the machine as frequently occurs in machines of i the type wherein the ticket is fed out of the machine and torn off by pulling against a cutting edge. In other words, it is proposed tov units to indicate the number of the cab.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel detector unit for registering the operation of the cab with the crank or master shaft in an improper position, in combination with a printing unit adapted to also print a symbol on the ticket and record strip which will show at a glance whether the cab has been operated under improper conditions.

A still further object is to provide simple and practical means for conveniently setting the date and time wheels of the printing mechanism. In that connection, it may be pointed Aout that a novel feature of the time printing unit is to provide means for recordinfr the elasped time of the passengers trip, that is, the time he entered the cab and the time that he leaves.

Other objects of the invention are to provide means for feeding the ticket and record strips of the printing unit; a novel assembly of printing wheels; a novel extras registering and printing unit; and a positive and automatically operating crank lock including a standard Yale type lock.

With the above and other objects in View which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is betterl understood the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully illustrated and claimed.

A preferred and practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation of the meter.

Fig. 2 is a detail View of a ticket printed by the meter.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ofthe cab or car number key.

Fig. 4 is a view of the meter with the front casing removed and the meter mechanism removed illustrating a. part of the extras op- (iti ing the printing and ticket feeding instrument-alities.

Fig. 9a is a detail view of the means for automatically moving the record feed roller. Fig. 9b is a sectional View on the line A9"-9" of Figure 9a.

. part of the extras operating mechanism.

Fig. 13 is a detail vievv of the printing Wheels.

Fig. 14 is a detail view illustrating the manner of transferring the fare registered by the main fare drums to the main fare drum printing Wheels.

Fig. 15 is a detail View illustrating the manner of transferring the extras from the extras fare drum to the extras printing Wheel.

Fig. 16 is a detail'vievv of the trip printing unit.

Fig. 17 is a detail view of the paid mileage printing unit. Y

Fig. 18 is a. detail view of the total mileage printing unit.

Fig. 19 is a detail view of the detector mileage counter.

Fig. 19Z1 is a detail vievv of the detector counter operating cam and clutch and the mileage shaft which carries over from the meter section to the printing section.

Figs. 2O and 21 are detail vertical sectional vievvs illustrating the different positions of the detect-or printing unit.

Fig. 22 is a front elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 20.

Fig. 23 is a plan View of the detector printing type member.

Fig. 24 is a detail View of the date' printing unit.

Figs. 25 and 26 are detail views of the ratchets employed respectively in connection With the month and day printing sleeves of the date printing unit.

Fig. 27 is a detail section taken on the line' 27-27 of Fig. 24.

Fig. 28 is a detail view of the time in and time out printing means.

Fig. 28a is a detail vievv of the hand knobs used for adjusting and setting the time in and time out of the elapsed time' printing means.

F 29 is a detail view illustrating the means for indicating on the face of the meter the number of the next ticket to be delivered.

Fig. 30 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the back of the meter taken on line 30--30 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 31 isa detail vertical sectional view taken on the line 31-31 of Fig. 4 illustrating the check means for the crank.

Fig. 32 is a detail elevation of the ticket shear operating means.

Fig. 33 is an enlarged detail elevation of the printing crank and the casing for housing the locking means therefor.

Fig. 34 is a detail vertical sectional vieu7 of the construction shown in Fig. 33.

Fig. 35 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 35-35 of Fig. 34.

Fig. 36 is a detail diagrammatic view illustrating the position of parts shown in Fig. 35 When the key has been manipulatedy to interlock the crank. Y

Fig. 37 is a detail perspective view of the main printing hammer operating cam.

Fig. 38 is a diagram of the movement of the flag illustrating what takes place at various degrees of movement thereof on the meter sect-ion of the device.

Fig. 39 is a diagramsimilar to Fig. 38 illustrating What takes placeat different degrees of movement of the flag on the printing section of the device.

Fig. 40 is a detail view of the bell ringing mechanism. Y

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the dra-Wings. Y

In carrying the present invention into effect it is proposed to providea printing taximeter which Will include a metermechanism of standard type that may be readily combined with a novel and practical printing mechanism Within the same casing; and also to eliminate the manually manipulated iiag control feature of the meter section of the device by providing a single manually operated member to perform all of the control functions for the meter mechanism as Well as the printing mechanism.

To that end Vit is proposed to provide a meter housing of the type shoWn'in Fig. 1 of the drawings Which includes a back member or plate l and a front casing member 2, the same being united by screws or other fastening elements and the front casing 2 being provided with a. Window 3 for exhibiting the tariff dial or mask 4 of the meter section of the device. The said tariii dial 4 is provided With the usual indication of Fare and Extras etc. and the shutter 5 bearing the indicia Not registering is intended to cover the face of the fare drums When the meter is not registering fare or in other Words when the liag or indicator is in vacant position. The dial or mask 4 is also provided With a tari Window 6 and a ticket Window 7 for exhibiting the serial number of the ticketnext to be issued from the machine.

The meter section of the device is located behind the dial or mask 4. and is of the type set forth in my Letters Patent 1,744,307, patented Januar f 26, 1930, and more or less diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings wherein it will be observed that the meter frame parts 8 and 9 support the cam shafts S and S which control the various in strumentalities of the meter, the same being connected by the bevel gears 10 and 10a.

The main fare drum unit A which includes the units drum A', tens drum A2 and hundreds drum A3, is intended to be actuated., in accordance with the usual custom, by the traveling movement of the vehicle or by the clock work diagrammatically indicated at C, and for the purpose of imparting the movement of the vehicle to the fare drums through the power instrumentalities, the main drive shaft D carrying the worm gear 11 is driven by the worm 12 which is connected to one of the wheels of the vehicle through suitable instrumenta-lities not shown herein. Therefore, it will be apparent that the shaft D is driven by the movement of the vehicle and serves to actuate the fare drums when the vehicle is in motion through the medium of the gear train D1, D2 and D3 and the clutch gear D4, and astar wheel unit U. As fully set forth in companion application the star wheel unit can be driven by the clock shaft C at a differential rate through the gears C1 and C2, clutch gears C3 and C4, dual gear C5 and clutch (am-CG.

The extras drum B is operated by the pawl 13 and lever 14 having the offset portion 15, which latter in turn is operated by a novel actuator' which will hereinafter be more fully referred to in connection with the description of the operation of the extras unit. The parts 13, 141- and 15 however, are identical with similar parts in my companion case referred to, and likewise all of the mechanism referred to in connection with the meter section is fully described and shown in that application. and only so much thereof is shown here in diagrammatic form, as is believed necessary to properly understand the operation of the printing section of the device.

It will therefore be seen that aA standard meter construction may be used in connection with a novel printing mechanism. In that way it is possible to use standardized parts in the meter mechanism that may be used to provide a simple taximeter, thereby proving` advantageous from a manufacturing standpoint.

00m/'rol means for meter and prin/ting Sect/ons The printing section of the device is carried upon the frame or bracket-s 16 and 1? which are connected by a suitable web or plate 18 (see Fig'. 6), and the bracket 17 adjoins the bracket or frame 8 of the meter section being spaced therefrom as shown in Figs. 6 and 8 to accommodate the various gears of the printing section as will hereinafter more fully appear.

Journalled in the rear of the brackets 16 and 17 is a master shaft 19 having at one end thereof a gear 20 and a slotted disk 21 adapted to receive the diametrically spaced pins 22 of a ratchet disk 25 mounted on the crank shaft 23. This shaft is journalled in an end portion of the back wall 1 and is provided at its outer end with a crank arm 24 having a handle H whereby the chauffeur may rotate it through several successive cycles to control the meter and printing sections.

The intermediate portion of the crank shaft 23 is provided with novel means for releasing the crank to operate and also automatically lock it at the end of its final cycle as more clearly shown in Figs. 33-35 of the drawings, and which will be taken up later in the description of the device.

Also the ratchet disk on shaft 23 is adapted to cooperate with a detent 26 for preventine' backward movement of the crank 24 during its initial and final cycles thus compellingmovement in one direction only during these cycles, the purpose of which will also appear later. (See Fig. 31.)

It will thus be seen that the shaft 23 of the crank 24 is mounted to freely rotate in one direction in the back of the meter, and by reason of the engagement of the pins 22 with the slotted disk 21, the master shaft 19, which carries the disk 21, will be rotated when the crank is turned.

The end of the shaft 19 which is journallcd in the bracket plate 17, projects beyond the bracket and carries therewith a pinion 27 while the extreme end 23 thereof is provided with a cross key 29 adapted to tit in a slot 30 of a worm shaft 31 (see Figs. i, 6, 7 and 8). This worm shaft 31 is ournaled as at 32 (Fig. Ll) to the back of the meter and is provided with a worm. 33 adapted to engage with the worm gear 34 mounted upon a flag or indicater shaft 35 journalled in the back of the meter and carrying therewith a flag 36 eX- posed to the view of the passenger and the operator of the cab.

As previously indicated, the flag 36 is not intended to in any way control any of the printing mechanism or any of the meter mechanism, and in fact is not intended to be grasped by the operator of the cab at any time whatever. .ne crank 24 being the only part of the entire device which the operator rotates to perform all of the functions of setting the meter mechanism into operation and controlling the printing and issuing of the ticket.

However, in order that the flag may operate in the customary manner to indicate that the cab is vacant or earning a fare, the relation of the worm 33 to the gear 311e is such that the movement of the crank through one com- 

